Does your life suffer from a serious rocking deficiency? Then you, my friend, are in need of a tasty jam!
Marty Twittered something about School of Rock 2 and I’m thinking, what in the fuck could they possibly do with a sequel? High School of Rock? College of Rock? Cash Grab of Rock?
Well, apparently, the actual plot involves Dewy Finn taking kids on a cross-country field trip to explore the history of rock from blues to country to rap.
Uh… that sounds… um… oh fuck me.
[Via Slash Film]
Along the lines of PiKA PiKA influenced animation, Solkana twitted me this sweet video for Kaki King’s “Pull Me Out Alive.” Great song with an amazing video to match.
[Via Kaki King]
This music video for Supercar’s “Wonder Word” is quite charming. Everything seems to be going so well until she gleeks all over him. A fun little metaphor for communication. Brilliant work.
I had the chance to do a poster for Peelander Z’s September show at the Ottobar. Had lots of fun with this. I figured I’d throw in Mazinger Z in there since Peelander Z is obviously influenced by the name. He’s wearing a P-Chan hair helmet.
Reader Jen Thym sent along the full version of the PiKA PiKA movie I posted a while back. The song is Breme’s “Take me to the Time.” This is just so fun!
OH! OH! Wouldn’t it be cool if we had some people with lights doing some animation on stage while Art Fight is going on? Then we could play it back and have two levels of art! HOLY SHIT! Okay, we gotta do this somehow.
Somewhat related, apparently UK music photographer Andrew Kendall used a similar technique stitching together a large number of photos he took of a My Chemical Romance show into a sort of stop motion music video. Each frame by itself is an awesome photo. Put together as a video? Wow!
Thanks for the links, Jen.
This is the best way to come home after a vacation! Thanks to both Solkana and Pootie Chang Pham for sending over this awesome music video directed by Beaufort for the Bag Raiders song “Fun Punch.” The Rescue Force appears courtesy of the BOS stunt crew who have apparently done work as sentai heroes from Go Go V to Gekiranger and as riders from Kuga to Kabuto.
Hells yeah. Brilliant work all around! Hope to see more of the Rescue Force in action.
Long known for bringing laughter to children the world around, reader Michael Tricksey sent over these videos that expose the inner pain of Kermit the Frog. Who knew the price of fame is sucking a fuzzy wang. Kermit’s version of NIN’s “Hurt” is horribly disturbing and yet strangely moving at the same time.
And just to weird you out a bit further, here’s Kermit’s version of “Creep.”
[Via Sad Kermit]
At first I thought this kid was just flailing around and it amused me greatly. But when his cohorts joined in, I began to suspect there was more to this vigorous arm movement. Turns out this is a style of dance coming straight out of Paris, France called Tecktonik. That’s capital “T” because apparently the style is actually trademarked by these guys. I will have to consult with my in-house French translator (my wife) to figure out what any of this means.
Anyway, the song is a remix of Yelle’s “A Cause des Garcons.” The song made me want to dance so I thought I’d check out some more and came across this.
This is Yelle’s “Je veux te voir” (I think it translates to “I see you” or something, but I will have to check) which apparently started out as a dis song entitled “Short Dick Cuizi.” The song samples the bass from “Short Dick Man” so it makes sense. What do you say to a cute pixie when she disses you in a record? Short dick, eh. Oh yeah? Well, you’re… um… you have… short shorts… and stuff… crap.
So there you have it. Tecktonik, Yelle, and a Short Dick Man.
UPDATE: We have translation! “A Cause des Garcons” means “Because of (the) boys” and “Je veux te voir” means “I want to see you.”
[Via Yelle on MySpace]
I have heard many things in my lifetime, but I’ve never before heard an ukulele played so masterfully. Clearly, Jake Shimabukuru is a ukulele ninja of epic proportions. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” has never sounded so good. Absolutely gorgeous!
Check out his home page for dates (damn, mostly Japan and the West coast) and more amazing ukulele.
When last we left The Greatest Online Dance Battle in the History of Mankind, the M&M Crew had laid down a massive battle response. ACDC promises to step their game all the way up in a live battle between crews. Until then, ACDC rehearses. And from the looks of it, Miley Cyrus and Mandy Jiroux will have to deal with a robotic army of epic proportions.
More as it develops.
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